Out On A Limb About Florence

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No: HPFGUIDX 105869

>snazzzybird wrote:
> Now that JKR has let the air out of the Mark Evans trial balloon, 
I'm 
> going to go out on a limb with a fearless prediction:
> 
> Florence will prove to be another Mark.
> (snip some good argumants>
 
Neri:
Heh, speaking as someone who has recently theorized about Florence, I 
have no problem agreeing with you. Or at least, agreeing that it's 
quite possible. BTW, I also had a strong suspicion that Mark is a 
nobody even before JKR officially said it.

However, there is a difference between Mark and Florence. Mark is a 
muggle kid from Surrey. From the outset there wasn't any reason he 
should be important, except for his name. Florence, OTOH, was a 
student at Hogwarts. Moreover, she was a student together with 
several other wizards and witches who are instrumental to the plot 
(see #105599 for details). Moreover, there is very little known about 
her period at Hogwarts, but there are several indications that what 
happened during this period might be critical to the plot. Therefore, 
any scrap of information that JKR allows us about this period is 
likely to be important.

But most of all, Florence is mentioned in a Pensieve memory of DD. 
How many occasions do we get to peek into DD's memories? Anything and 
anyone we find in there is likely to prove instrumental to the plot.

Mark Evans (or rather, his name) was a simple mistake of JKR. 
Florence can't be a mistake. She's too much singled, smack in the 
middle of DD's memories, and what with the anonymous kisser and the 
hex. That's just too many intriguing details to be a mistake. 
Florence certainly might be a red herring. But then, almost any 
possible clue in HP might be a red herring, and that have never 
stopped us from theorizing.

Neri